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Anableps anableps
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Anablepidae (Four-eyed fishes, onesided livebearers & white-eye) > Anablepinae
Etymology: Anableps: Greek, ana = up + Greek, blepo, blepsis, -eos = glance, sight (Ref. 45335).
Etymology: Anableps: Greek, ana = up + Greek, blepo, blepsis, -eos = glance, sight (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; non-migratory. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 13.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35237); common length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 400 g (Ref. 35237)
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35237); common length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 400 g (Ref. 35237)
Short description Morphology | Morphometrics
Eye divided into aerial and aquatic parts. Fewer than 80 scales in row above lateral line (Ref. 26938).
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions | Faunafri
South America: Trinidad and Venezuela to the Amazon delta in Brazil.
Mainly found in freshwater, sometimes in brackish parts of lagoons and mangrove coastlines (Ref. 26938). Moves in schools (Ref. 26938). Feeds on insects (Ref. 7020), other invertebrates and diatoms living on the mud, and small fishes (Ref. 35237). Can remain on mud bottom exposed to air during low tide (Ref. 26938). Used in eye research (Ref. 4537). Often travels in schools (Ref. 26938).
Main reference
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Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00740 (-0.12185 - 0.13665), b=3.09 (3.00 - 3.17), based on LWR estimates for species & family-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.46 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100) .